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India is building a biometric database for 1.3 billion people — and enrollment is mandatory: by Prasad Krishna — published May 12, 2017 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
Inside the buzzing enrollment agency, young professionals wearing slim-fitting jeans and lanyards around their necks tapped away at keyboards and fiddled with fingerprint scanning devices as they helped build the biggest and most ambitious biometric database ever conceived.
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India Still Trying To Turn Optional Aadhaar Identification Number Into A Mandatory National Identity System: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 22, 2016 — last modified Mar 24, 2016 06:34 AM — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
from the sliding-down-the-slippery-slope-to-disaster dept
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India To Introduce Virtual ID For Aadhaar To Strengthen Privacy: by Admin — published Jan 17, 2018 — last modified Jan 17, 2018 12:11 AM — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
The government will introduce a virtual identification number for Aadhaar to help strengthen privacy following several instances of data leaks.
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India Today Conclave Next 2017: Aadhaar was rushed, says MP Rajeev Chandrashekhar: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 26, 2017 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
Talking at the ongoing India Today Conclave Next 2017, MP Rajeev Chandrashekhar said that Aadhaar was rushed and foisted on the country by authorities that fail to first create a proper ecosystem. Chandrashekhar gave his comments at a keynote titled Privacy -- The Fundamental Right for the Digital Citizen.
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India's Aadhaar mandate for smartphone makers may rile global firms: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 15, 2016 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
They are unlikely to oblige to request to make changes in their operating system and devices to ensure Aadhaar authentication is done securely on smartphones.
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India's Aadhaar with biometric details of its billion citizens is making experts uncomfortable: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 14, 2017 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
"Indians in general have yet to understand the meaning and essence of privacy," says Member of Parliament, Tathagata Satpathy.
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India's billion-member biometric database raises privacy fears: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 17, 2016 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
India's parliament is set to pass legislation that gives federal agencies access to the world's biggest biometric database in the interests of national security, raising fears the privacy of a billion people could be compromised.
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India's biometric database crosses billion-member mark: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 07, 2016 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
India's biometric database notched up one billion members on Monday, as the government sought to allay concerns about privacy breaches in the world's biggest such scheme.
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India's Latest Data Leak: People's Aadhaar Number And Bank Account Are Just One Google Search Away: by Admin — published Jul 13, 2018 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
Even Truecaller doesn't reveal this much.
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India's National ID Project Brings Pain to Those it Aims to Help: by Admin — published May 12, 2018 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
Poor management, corruption and fraud are threatening to derail the world’s largest national identity project.
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